Anyway, what I'm most curious about is why people think these groups have had a resurgence recently, what's likely to become of them in the future, and how you believe we should deal with them. For example, should we just outright ban them, or would that be infringing on civil liberties?

I was at an Anti-SDL demonstration in Irvine in the summer. No violence that day, and we won. Although one of the SDL guys had a sign which read "Mohammed was a paedophile. FACT." Which I found hilarious.

The thing is, as much as i think they are all morons and their views are those of people with severe mental issues, the fact that we live in a democracy means they are entitled to that opinion and are also entitled to voice it. As long as no laws are broken it is their right to do this. The more people draw attention to this the more publicity they will get.

onestepfromlost wrote:
The thing is, as much as i think they are all morons and their views are those of people with severe mental issues, the fact that we live in a democracy means they are entitled to that opinion and are also entitled to voice it. As long as no laws are broken it is their right to do this. The more people draw attention to this the more publicity they will get.

Not necessarily, we don't have full free speech. So if they voice views which can be defined as hateful towards others, I assume they could face ramifications.

Hindle wrote:
What about the other side of the arguement, Argem Choudary and his cronies? I never hear people condeming Islamic extremeism even though it's responsible for some of the worst crimes against humanity.

The anti-SDL crowd normally swamps the SDL cretins - on the first one they couldn't get out of the pub In the past numbers have been 1800 vs 80, 2000 vs 50, hopefully a good turnout tomorrow against the bastards. Would like to take the kids, but the in laws are up....